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. 2021 Dec 29;14(1):146. doi: 10.3390/nu14010146

Table 2.

Association between eating away from home (EAFH) and BMI.

Variable EAFH EAFH-Breakfast EAFH-Lunch EAFH-Dinner
Coefficient Robust S.E. Coefficient Robust S.E. Coefficient Robust S.E. Coefficient Robust S.E.
Total 0.005 0.004 0.017 0.009 −0.024 0.008 * 0.04 0.014 *
Sex
men 0.013 0.005 * 0.006 0.011 −0.005 0.011 0.061 0.018 *
women −0.019 0.006 * 0.027 0.013 ** −0.056 0.013 * −0.025 0.021
Age Group, year
18–44 0.001 0.006 −0.006 0.013 −0.015 0.013 0.043 0.019 *
45–59 0.008 0.006 0.042 0.014 ** −0.024 0.012 * 0.016 0.022
≥60 0.022 0.009 * 0.047 0.020 * 0.002 0.023 0.007 0.038
Area of the country
East 0.003 0.006 0.034 0.013 ** −0.034 0.012 ** 0.030 0.020
Central 0.007 0.007 −0.011 0.016 −0.025 0.016 0.100 0.027 **
West 0.009 0.007 0.005 0.017 0.024 0.018 −0.011 0.027
Residence location
Urban 0.009 0.005 0.018 0.010 −0.007 0.011 0.023 0.018
Rural 0.006 0.006 0.023 0.016 −0.035 0.013 ** 0.055 0.022 *
Family per capital annual income
Low 0.019 0.007 ** 0.024 0.018 0.022 0.017 0.008 0.026
Moderate 0.001 0.008 0.025 0.017 −0.043 0.016 ** 0.050 0.028
High −0.009 0.007 0.001 0.014 −0.029 0.014 * 0.017 0.023
Unclear/unknown 0.020 0.010 * 0.033 0.025 −0.030 0.023 0.093 0.041 *
Education Level
Low 0.012 0.005 ** 0.045 0.011 ** −0.019 0.011 0.020 0.018
Moderate 0.000 0.009 −0.017 0.019 −0.003 0.019 0.036 0.032
High −0.011 0.009 −0.010 0.019 −0.039 0.019 * 0.049 0.032
Marital Level
Spinsterhood −0.020 0.014 −0.062 0.036 0.004 0.034 0.002 0.046
Married/cohabitation 0.007 0.004 0.024 0.009 ** −0.028 0.009 ** 0.048 0.015 **
Widowed/divorce/separation 0.005 0.024 −0.003 0.048 0.054 0.064 −0.069 0.100
Employment
Farming and aquaculture 0.014 0.007 0.005 0.019 0.001 0.017 0.049 0.029
Others −0.001 0.005 0.015 0.011 −0.033 0.010 ** 0.037 0.017 *
Student −0.043 0.032 −0.020 0.165 0.049 0.125 −0.159 0.172
Unemployed/retired 0.029 0.010 ** 0.035 0.018 0.040 0.024 −0.002 0.039

Notes: BMI is the ratio of weight divided by square of height (kg/m2). Robust S.E. refers to the Robust standard error, * p < 0.01; ** p < 0.05. Multiple linear Regression analysis was performed for each variable separately, while controlling for other factors.